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urcindalo
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 Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:19 pm Post subject: How to mount an internal drive in Plasma with no password? |
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Hi and thanks for reading this!
I just installed an extra SATA drive on my box, where I'm going to backup all my photos. So, I don't want it to mount at every boot up, but only when I need it under my Plasma session.
However, every time I want to mount it (by clicking on its icon in the left side panel of a Dolphin's window), I'm asked for the root password, which is very annoying.
What can I do to just mount my internal SATA drive without being asked for a password? I guess I need to configure some rule somewhere, but I haven't been able to find the solution. Any help is appreciated. |
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alamahant
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
Please create a file
/etc/polkit-1/rules.d/30-mount-drive.rules
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polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
if ((action.id == "org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-system" ||
action.id == "org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount") &&
subject.isInGroup("wheel")) {
return polkit.Result.YES;
}
});
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Then please run
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usermod -aG wheel $USER
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you may try to add the user in the group "disk"
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usermod -aG disk $USER
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Buffoon
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Bad advice. Very bad advice. User rights should not be elevated to perform such a task. In particular disk group is way over the line. It gives access to the raw devices, effectively giving root rights.
In past it was sufficient to set mount rights in fstab, does Plasma not honor settings in fstab? |
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alamahant
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@Buffoon
He wants to mount it via dolphin not fstab.
So if dolphin/kde dont take care of perms then someone should..
As he expressed his unwillingness to having had to enter passwd all the time.
GRANTED though the disk group thing is a little overkill and a bad advice.
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Hu
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| The traditional way to do this would be to tell fstab that any user may mount the device. I cannot say whether this will be sufficient to get Plasma not to ask for a root password. |
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urcindalo
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| alamahant wrote: | @Buffoon
He wants to mount it via dolphin not fstab.
So if dolphin/kde dont take care of perms then someone should..
As he expressed his unwillingness to having had to enter passwd all the time.
GRANTED though the disk group thing is a little overkill and a bad advice.
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Thanks very much for your help, @alamahant
Your indication made the trick. I was already in the wheel group so I just needed the rule. |
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